Why don't doctors acknowledge mold induced illnesses?

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Been doing some research. Found some oldies but goodies:

III power point: (2003)

_http://server.iii.org/yy_obj_data/binary/715362_1_0/mold2.ppt_

(http://server.iii.org/yy_obj_data/binary/715362_1_0/mold2.ppt)

Below is from the California Air Resource Board.

_http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/06/01/06-001.pdf_

(http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/06/01/06-001.pdf)

Pg 61

U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform and the Center for Legal Policy at

The Manhattan Institute (sponsors). The Growing Hazard of Mold Litigation.

Includes (1) “A New Plague—Mold Litigation: How Junk Science and Hysteria

Built

an Industry,†by Cliff Hutchinson and , and (2) “A Scientific

View of the Health Effects of Mold,†by D. Hardin and others. July

2003. These papers present a skeptical view of, and question evidence for,

health

effects of typical indoor exposure to mold. The entire document is available

for download in pdf format at

_www.uschamber.com/publications/reports/030717_ilr_mold.htm_

(http://www.uschamber.com/publications/reports/030717_ilr_mo

ld.htm) .

Pg 75

10 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM),

Adverse Human Health Effects Associated with Molds in the Indoor Environment,

ACOEM Evidence-bas

statement, October 27, 2002; _www.acoem.org/guidelines/article.asp?ID=52_

(http://www.acoem.org/guidelines/article.asp?ID=52) . Some experts believe that

the ACOEM statement understates risks and effects. We have quoted it here as

part of the diverse range of views on the subject. In a personal

communication commenting on draft of this report (December 19, 2005), Dr. Yang

cited, as

conflicting with the quoted paragraph, M. Sure, and others, “Sensitization of

Airborne Moulds and Severity of Asthma: Cross Sectional Study from European

Community Respiratory Health Survey,†BMJ 325, (7362): 4240414. For abstract,

see

_www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=1219335\

4 & dopt=Citation_

(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=\

12193354 & dopt=Citation) . In part: “CONCLUSIONS:

Sensitisation to moulds is a powerful risk factor for severe asthma in adults.

This should be taken into account in primary prevention, management, and

patients' education.â€

Put these facts together and it shows just how slick and how much money went

into denying mold causes serious illness. THIS is the reason the sick can't

get any kind of legitimate treatment or even recognition that mold may be

the cause of their illness to this day.

Sharon K

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